10 Free Online Marketing Courses 2 Get Your Business Airborne

There's a huge number of free online marketing courses for you to chooses from. I've picked 10 that offer some real powerful information for the those in small business eager to learn.

All these marketing courses are free but they also are connected to offerings that cost money. But I assure you if you are beginner or intermediate the free part of these online marketing courses will give you a wealth of knowledge.

I've included a free course in content writing since it's such an important part of online marketing. I've also include a course in measuring marketing statistics and a course in social media. I'm sure you'll find lots of great info in this list of free online marketing courses. Enjoy!

Marketing in a Digital World from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This course examines how digital tools, such as the Internet, smartphones, and 3D printing, are revolutionizing the world of marketing by shifting the balance of power from firms to consumers. Marketing in a Digital World is one of the most popular courses on Coursera and has attracted over 100,000 Learners. According to Class-Central.com , this course is also the highest rated online business course in the world. NC Magazine rated this course as one of The 10 Hottest Online Classes for Professionals in 2015. This course is part of the iMBA offered by the University of Illinois, a flexible, fully-accredited online MBA at an incredibly competitive price. For more information, please see the Resource page in this course and onlinemba.illinois.edu. 1000+ courses from schools like Stanford and Yale - no application required. Build career skills in data science, computer science, business, and more.

Hubspot is a leader in inbound marketing info as well as offering some very powerful marketing software to help your business with success. I took their inbound marketing certification course 6 or 7 years ago and learned an incredible amount and I recommend it.

Ever wondered why some things become popular, and other don't? Why some products becomes hits while others flop? Why some ideas take off while others languish? What are the key ideas behind viral marketing? This course explains how things catch on and helps you apply these ideas to be more effective at marketing your ideas, brands, or products. You'll learn how to make ideas stick, how to increase your influence, how to generate more word of mouth, and how to use the power of social networks...

Digital Analytics for Marketing Professionals: Marketing Analytics in Practice from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This course builds on the theory and foundations of marketing analytics and focuses on practical application by demystifying the use of data in marketing and helping you realize the power of visualizing data with artful use of numbers found in the digital space. This course is part of the iMBA offered by the University of Illinois, a flexible, fully-accredited online MBA at an incredibly competitive price. For more information, please see the Resource page in this course and onlinemba.illinois.edu. 1000+ courses from schools like Stanford and Yale - no application required. Build career skills in data science, computer science, business, and more.

The Business of Social from Northwestern University. In a 2014 study of CEOs and CMOs, IBM found 63% wanted social strategies which generate business metrics while only 20% of businesses worldwide actually have them. This means strategies which not only grow your company’s social footprint but link to your sales and marketing systems. With this critical linkage, your social and mobile strategies will provide you with the ability to engage consumers at a 1-to-1 level and measure your social investments in terms of costs, revenues, profits and ROI. In this fifth MOOC of the Social Marketing Specialization - "The Business of Social" - you will learn how to transform your organization's social marketing from an untracked investment to an integral part of your company’s marketing strategy.